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Where do things stand at 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞? Six basic questions answered.

President Obama this week pledged to 鈥渞eengage鈥 with Congress to find a way to close the terror detention camp at the 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞 Bay, Cuba, naval base. The renewed focus comes as 100 of the 166 detainees are reported to be engaged in a hunger strike. Here is a brief look at where things stand now.

3. Mr. Obama in January 2009 signed an executive order to shut down the detention camp within a year. What happened?

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The Obama administration proposed relocating members of Al Qaeda in 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞 Bay deemed to dangerous to release or put on trial to this maximum security prison in Thomson, Ill.

A. The Obama administration developed a multifaceted plan to close 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞. First, eligible detainees would be transferred to their home country where they could be released or would continue to be detained, depending on individual circumstances.

Second, certain terror suspects at 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞 were to be transferred to the criminal justice system to face trial in American courts. If convicted, they would serve their terms in a maximum security federal prison.  

Third, a group of Al Qaeda suspects deemed too dangerous to release but too risky to put on trial would be held indefinitely without charge. The administration purchased an empty state prison in Illinois to house these and any other transfers from 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞 who could not be released or put on trial.

The plan was derailed by Republicans and some Democrats in Congress who objected to bringing Al Qaeda suspects onto US soil where they would immediately be entitled to constitutional protections not available at 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞. They are enforcing a ban on 骋耻补苍迟谩苍补尘辞 transfers through amendments tacked onto the annual defense appropriations bill.

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